Plaster gage and reinforcement



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 19H).

Patentcd Oct. 26, 1920.

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} UNITED STATES awn: ALBINSON} OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA;'

PLASTER GAGE Ann-REINFORCEMENT;

Specification of Letters Patent. I I Patented Oct. 26, 192 0,

Application filed March 27, 1919. Serial No. 285,678.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, ALVIN ALBINSON, a subject of the King of Sweden, and a resident of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plaster Gages and Reinforcements, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved form of plaster gage and reinforcement that is adapted for general plaster work, and especially for corner bead, and angle gage. 7

Another object of my invention is to provide, in a plaster gage and reinforcement,

' an improved type of nail.

Another object of my invention is to provide, in a device of the class described, an improved .form of reinforcement for plaster.

lVith these and incidental objects in view,

the invention consists of certain novel fea tures of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the I drawing Figure .tion of a portion of a room showing my improved plaster gage and reinforcement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail of a corner showing my gage and reinforcement applied thereto. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of my gage and reinforcement showing the wire about to be applied to the nail. Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail of the reinforcing wire used in the device,.and Fig. 6 is a side view of the improved nail.

The improved nail comprises a spike 1 and head 2, and the head has a channel 3 running longitudinally thereof.

The reinforcing wire comprises a straight,

' stiff wire 4, preferably of about No. 12 gage,

which has attached thereto, either by electric spot welding or mechanical means, the orimped wire 5, this wire being fastened at points 6 to the Wire 4:. t

The wire 5 may lie in one plane or'two planes, as shown in Fig. 3, where it is used for reinforcinga corner.

In applying the reinforcement and gage to a corner, as at 7, Fig. 2, one of the nails will be applied at 8, Fig. 1, and inclined upwardly, one end of the wire 4 will be laid in the channel 3 of the nail, and when the nail is driven into the studding 9, Fig. '3, the lips 10 of the nail will be formed slightly over the wire 7 4;, and the wire 4 will be kinked slightly, seating itself in the curved bottom 11 of the channel 3.

A suitablenumber of nails will be applied along the corner, as at points 12, Fig. 1,

1 forced corners, the lath 14: lies on the stud l is a side elevading 9 and plaster 15 is applied thereto and over the reinforcing wires 5, thus embedding.

thesewires in the plaster and holding it firmly, even though it should become free from thelath.

It will be seen that at the corner 16 the wire 12 will form a metal finished corner,

which may be entirely, or practically, coveredbyafinishing coat of plaster or paint, as desired. r f

The advantages of the device will be obvious,-as it is cheap to manufacture, takes little labor for applying it to a job, and thewire 4 forms a perfect gage to plaster to, while, at the same t me, a strong reinforce ment is provided for the plaster at thev corners where it is most'needed.

The use of the nail in inside corners and alongthe junction of walls and ceiling will be obvious from the description already ven. 3 While I have described my invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I do 10 Wardly from said head portion and forming a channel therebetween, a Wire gage adapted to be placed in said channel portion, Whereby When the lip portions are tapped in the process of installing the device said gage Will be gripped between said lip portions, and a Wire reinforcement passing transversely back and forth across said gagewire and attached thereto.

ALVIN ALBINSON. 

